Tenn. Code § 7-86-106

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 7-86-106 - Status - Corporate powers - Charges not taxes

The emergency communications district so created shall be a "municipality" or public corporation in perpetuity under its corporate name, and the district shall in that name be a body politic and corporate with power of perpetual succession, but without any power to levy or collect taxes. Charges for services authorized in this chapter shall not be construed as taxes and shall be payable as bona fide service charges by all service users, whether private or public, profit making, or not-for-profit, including governmental entities. The powers of each district shall be vested in and exercised by a majority of the members of the board of directors of the district.

T.C.A. § 7-86-106

Acts 1984, ch. 867, § 6; 1987, ch. 94, § 1.